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American football and basketball coach

Don Karnes
Biographical details
Karnes pictured in The Index 1926, Illinois State yearbook
Born	(1902-09-28)September 28, 1902 Fairbury, Illinois, U.S.
Died	April 23, 1982(1982-04-23) (aged 79) Fairbury, Illinois, U.S.
Playing career
Basketball
1923–1925	Illinois

Position(s)	Forward
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1925–1926	Illinois State
Basketball
1925–1926	Illinois State

Head coaching record
Overall	5–10 (football) 9–20 (basketball)

Thomas Donald Karnes (September 28, 1902 – April 23, 1982) was an American football and basketball coach. He was the tenth head football coach at Illinois State Normal University—now known as Illinois State University—in Normal, Illinois, serving for two seasons, from 1925 to 1926, and compiling a record of 5–10. Karnes was also the head basketball coach at Illinois State from 1925 to 1927, tallying a mark of 9–20.

In 1955, he immigrated to Brazil.

Head coaching record

Football


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Illinois State Redbirds (Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1925–1926)
1925	Illinois State	1–6	1–6	19th
1926	Illinois State	4–4	4–4	T–10th
Illinois State:		5–10	5–10
Total:		5–10

References

Illinois State Coaching Records Archived November 26, 2005, at the Wayback Machine

v t e Illinois State Redbirds head football coaches
No coach (1887) No team (1888–1889) No coach (1890–1891) No team (1892) No coach (1893–1894) George Dygert (1895) Louis H. Galbreath (1896) B. C. Edwards (1897) No team (1898–1899) No coach (1900–1901) No team (1902) John P. Stewart (1903–1906) John A. H. Keith (1907) George Binnewies (1908–1909) No team (1910–1911) Harrison Russell (1912–1917) No team (1918) Harrison Russell (1919–1922) Clifford E. Horton (1923–1924) Don Karnes (1925–1926) Joe Cogdal (1927–1930) Howard Hancock (1931–1944) Edwin Struck (1945–1964) Larry Bitcon (1965–1971) Gerry Hart (1972–1976) Charlie Cowdrey (1977–1980) Bob Otolski (1981–1987) Jim Heacock (1988–1995) Todd Berry (1996–1999) Denver Johnson (2000–2008) Brock Spack (2009– )

Illinois State Redbirds head football coaches

No coach (1887)
No team (1888–1889)
No coach (1890–1891)
No team (1892)
No coach (1893–1894)
George Dygert (1895)
Louis H. Galbreath (1896)
B. C. Edwards (1897)
No team (1898–1899)
No coach (1900–1901)
No team (1902)
John P. Stewart (1903–1906)
John A. H. Keith (1907)
George Binnewies (1908–1909)
No team (1910–1911)
Harrison Russell (1912–1917)
No team (1918)
Harrison Russell (1919–1922)
Clifford E. Horton (1923–1924)
Don Karnes (1925–1926)
Joe Cogdal (1927–1930)
Howard Hancock (1931–1944)
Edwin Struck (1945–1964)
Larry Bitcon (1965–1971)
Gerry Hart (1972–1976)
Charlie Cowdrey (1977–1980)
Bob Otolski (1981–1987)
Jim Heacock (1988–1995)
Todd Berry (1996–1999)
Denver Johnson (2000–2008)
Brock Spack (2009– )

v t e Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball head coaches
B. C. Edwards (1898–1902) John P. Stewart (1902–1906) William Bawden (1906–1908) George Binnewies (1908–1910) Harrison Russell (1910–1923) Clifford E. Horton (1923–1925) Don Karnes (1925–1927) Joe Cogdal (1927–1949) James Goff (1949–1957) James Collie (1957–1970) Will Robinson (1970–1975) Gene Smithson (1975–1978) Bob Donewald (1978–1989) Bob Bender (1989–1993) Kevin Stallings (1993–1999) Tom Richardson (1999–2003) Porter Moser (2003–2007) Tim Jankovich (2007–2012) Dan Muller (2012–2022) Brian Jones # (2022) Ryan Pedon (2022– ) # denotes interim head coach

Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball head coaches

B. C. Edwards (1898–1902)
John P. Stewart (1902–1906)
William Bawden (1906–1908)
George Binnewies (1908–1910)
Harrison Russell (1910–1923)
Clifford E. Horton (1923–1925)
Don Karnes (1925–1927)
Joe Cogdal (1927–1949)
James Goff (1949–1957)
James Collie (1957–1970)
Will Robinson (1970–1975)
Gene Smithson (1975–1978)
Bob Donewald (1978–1989)
Bob Bender (1989–1993)
Kevin Stallings (1993–1999)
Tom Richardson (1999–2003)
Porter Moser (2003–2007)
Tim Jankovich (2007–2012)
Dan Muller (2012–2022)
Brian Jones # (2022)
Ryan Pedon (2022– )

# denotes interim head coach

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